Advancing Sustainability Symposium 2012 : Charles Renfro shares his idea of how architects and urban designers' role play as creators of urban intervention. By introducing number of his projects, such as The High Line (NY), and The Broad Art Museum (LA), Charles Renfro discusses architect's innovative thinking process and creative perspective towards cities, humanities and environment.

Charles Renfro, AIA, is a Partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, a 100 person interdisciplinary design studio that integrates the performing arts, visual arts, and architecture. He is a graduate of Rice University and holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He served as Partner-in-Charge of the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Stanford University’s McMurtry Art & Art History Building, the Dongguan Factory and Housing Complex in Shenzhen, China, the City Garden public park and cultural center in Aberdeen, Scotland, and the recently completed Creative Arts Center at Brown University.

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After a highly successful Advancing Sustainability: Business + Design Symposium in October of 2011, students from Woodbury University have gathered once again in order to prepare their second annual event. The topic of this year focuses on the "cardiovascular system" of a city—its infrastructure. The discussion will investigate how various infrastructures—perform, exchange, and are incorporated into the natural environment.